Monthly Archives: September 2011

Dear all Just taking a few days off as I cross from one continent to another. I wont be able to upload newsitems for a few days, nor moderate comments. Proise to be back at full speed from Sunday. Meanwhile,…

Aftenposten has got a bit of stick for a story it ran yesterday, with a title that screams of multicultural clumsiness: Look, a sporty Pakistani! Naturally, good Norwegians have reacted with outrage, calling it racist. Aftenposten has proceded to apologize,…

Two days ago, we reported on how the Norwegian Red Cross tried to keep a low profile on an educational trip to Israel, since it is considered as highly controversial. Now, Vårt Land informs us that a veteran member of…

You don’t reveal your friends Aftenposten runs a story on how prominent politicians on the left, journalists, academics and also diplomats, at an early point of their career may have been spying for Stasi, the then almighty secret police of…

Lifted from Jpost. This article highlights the problem of underreporting of serious problems relating to press freedom in Gaza, but also the West Bank. It does not help Palestinians in their quest for statehood that journalists who cover the conflict…

I wonder why this piece of information has not been shared with Norwegians? In other matters, the mainstream press is quick enough in spreading information, regardless of whether the “news” they produce is actually true, far less balanced. Do they…

Dagen broke the story that the Norwegian Red Cross sent a team of 25 first aid workers whose difficult task it was to go to the rescue on 22/7 at Utøya. Many have struggled with difficult memories and harrowing images,…

Good friends in Denmark also want to join the blogosphere and show what scary Israel skeletons they have tucked away in their closets. They are just getting organized, and have a lot of work ahead, but do make a habit…

This little sketch will give you an idea at what level the general education on Israel and Palestine is in Norway. We would be fools to think that Sande got his outrageous ideas from thin air…. You know we can…

This video went viral some time ago,… meanwhile Erdogan has shown us his real self, Syrian thug Assad keeps murdering his people in great numbers, while Ahmadinejad has painted himself into a corner and is losing power at home, even…

More than a week after we published the story on the Children’s book that depicts Israeli’s as cruel, does NRK pick up the story. So too does Vårt Land, which presents the context somewhat differently. According to the NRK, the…

Last night Aftenposten online had a story on how the mother of terrorist Behring Breivik gets her apartment back after forensic investigations have concluded. The article per se does not mention anything about Jews or Israel, it simply refers to…

Look what we found on Fagforbundets website CHECKPOINT FAGFORBUNDET Frifagbevegelse 2011 09 22 Vegard Helle On the way to work at Fagforbundet this morning I was stopped at my door by an authoritarian lady. I was asked whether I would…

some brief summaries of media comments concerning the UNGA and PA bid: STØRE DON’T BELIEVE ABBAS WILL BE SCARED Aftenbladet 2011 09 22 NTB This is a long, but surprisingly balanced, article on the ongoing talks in the UN General…

More and more countries are dropping out of the Durban III event because they have not received sufficient assurances the event wont be a repeat of the shameful 2001 event that turned viscously anti-Semitic. Just like in 2009, when Ahmadinejad…

They are a special lot, these Norwegian Christians… what will be their next news feed? That the Israelis (which we all know are the Jews) use children’s blood in their matze? This seems too familiar and too low, even for…

An ongoing research project at the NTNU is exploring how slave work during WW2 laid foundations for Norway’s economic growth. This article is from Gemini, the online news channel on science and research at the NTNU. This land was built…